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U.S. Charges Supermicro Co-Founder in Alleged AI Chip Smuggling Scheme
📅 - U.S. authorities have detained Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw, co-founder of server maker Supermicro, over allegations he helped orchestrate the illegal export of advanced AI servers to China, according to an indictment unsealed this week in New York, as Washington intensifies enforcement of restrictions on sensitive semiconductor technologies tied to national security concerns.
The case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, centers on what prosecutors describe as a deliberate effort to bypass export controls on high-performance computing systems powered by NVIDIA GPUs - hardware now firmly embedded in the geopolitical contest between the U.S. and China.
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📅 - APAC IT Teams Face Mounting Pressure as AI Drives Cloud Costs Higher - Enterprises across Asia Pacific are accelerating AI adoption in 2026, but rising cloud cost volatility is exposing gaps in governance and operational control. New research from Info-Tech Research Group, released this week, warns that hybrid and multicloud complexity - combined with AI-driven workloads - is pushing infrastructure teams toward financial and operational risk unless operating models evolve rapidly to keep pace.
The report, Infrastructure & Operations Priorities 2026, lands at a moment when many organizations are scaling AI initiatives without fully understanding the cost implications of consumption-based pricing. What was once a predictable IT spend is now far more elastic - [...]
📅 - Scaleway Expands into Italy as Europe Pushes for Cloud Sovereignty - French cloud provider Scaleway has launched a new cloud region in Milan, marking its formal entry into the Italian market and underscoring a broader push to build a European alternative to U.S.-dominated hyperscalers. The move, announced this week, reflects growing demand for locally governed cloud infrastructure aligned with EU regulations and data sovereignty requirements.
The company, part of telecom group iliad, is positioning the expansion as more than geographic growth. It is a strategic play tied to Europe's ongoing effort to reduce reliance on foreign cloud providers, particularly as regulatory, geopolitical, and data governance concerns intensify.
With existing regions in [...]
📅 - Qilimanjaro Unveils Hybrid Quantum Cloud Platform in Barcelona - Barcelona-based startup Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech has launched a new cloud platform, SpeQtrum QaaS, offering remote access to what it claims is the world's first multimodal quantum data center. The quantum computing service combines analog and digital quantum processors with classical high-performance computing resources, aiming to accelerate practical quantum experimentation for researchers and enterprise users globally today.
The move reflects a broader shift in quantum computing - from theoretical promise toward more accessible, hybrid architectures that blend quantum and classical systems. While most providers focus on single approaches, Qilimanjaro is betting on a combined model to [...]
📅 - Infranity Backs Retelit With €175M to Expand Italian Data Centers - Infrastructure investor Infranity has committed €175 million to Retelit Datacenter as part of a €375 million financing package aimed at expanding data center capacity across Italy, the companies said this week. The deal targets rising demand for colocation and cloud infrastructure in key cities including Milan, Rome, and Bologna, where digital workloads continue to intensify.
The funding underscores a broader trend: capital is flowing steadily into European digital infrastructure, particularly in markets where demand is outpacing supply but hyperscale dominance is less entrenched.
Retelit Datacenter, owned by Asterion Industrial Partners, operates one of Italy's more interconnected data [...]
📅 - Bold Raises $40M to Bring AI Security to Endpoints - Bold Security has emerged from stealth with $40 million in funding, backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Picture Capital, and Red Dot Capital Partners. The startup is targeting a growing gap in enterprise security: what users - and increasingly AI tools - are actually doing on endpoint devices.
The company is led by CEO Nati Hazut, a serial entrepreneur with two prior exits. He previously founded Polyrize, acquired by Varonis, and SAM, whose technology now secures hundreds of millions of devices for telecom operators including Verizon and Virgin Media. Bold is already working with several Fortune 500 firms, including Shutterfly and Tekion.
Founded alongside CPO Hadar Krasner and CTO Omri [...]
📅 - EdgeConneX Launches 200MW AI Data Center in Osaka - EdgeConneX has begun construction of a 200MW AI-ready data center campus in Greater Osaka, marking its first major deployment in Japan. Announced this week in partnership with Kagoya Asset Management, the project targets rising regional demand for high-density compute infrastructure as AI adoption accelerates, positioning Osaka as an emerging hub in Asia's increasingly competitive data center landscape.
The campus, located roughly 30 kilometers from Osaka's central business district, will span approximately 130,000 square meters and rank among the largest facilities in the Kansai region once completed. The first phase is scheduled to go live in early 2028, following EdgeConneX's formal [...]
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